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[Acido]

Flockweed, is that Fleetwood? Nowt wrong with them. How about your Yorkshire rivals Acido, Botherham, Weeds, Dumbcaster and the Sheffield underachievers, any nicknames for them?

Yes Chris that is Fleetwood lol. I called them that on our board during our Lg One promotion season, and I got bollo*cked for it lol. So I blame uncle Alf for that particular piece of ludicrous tom foolery.

I suppose we can call Leeds 'Weeds', Donny the 'Pikies' or 'Gyppos', Hull are 'Dull' (yes I know that is a bad one), we call Sheff Weds (Fowls) which is a play on their Owls nickname, and we call Sheff Ure (Blunts) which is a play on their Blades nickname. Ohh and its also rhyming slang because they are a bunch of blunts.

[Acido]

I've been to the Dead Sea sinkov, bloody awesome it is too. Alf hasn't took the bait yet!

Yes but the Sea weren't dead worrit before you started paddling and pratting abaart in it, ehh Beds. You killed the sea din't you ?.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Yes but the Sea weren't dead worrit before you started paddling and pratting abaart in it, ehh Beds. You killed the sea din't you ?.

Why not Acido, I get blamed for everything else that goes wrong on here!

[Balanbam00]

In defence of our BT , I am sure he was not ''paddling and pratting abaart in it,'' The Dead Sea is very very salty, extra salty, most salty. And paddling ,well just a wee bit of that water getting in your eyes and your in trouble, you soon learn not to try and swim in it ,of course you can not ,for one your legs stick out at the back. I am sure he just laid back and maybe drifted into some young woman, could have been his child bride? Of course, when you come out take a shower ,otherwise that salt is left coating your body, most unpleasant feeling.
The Dead Sea is shrinking, and as it recedes, the fresh water aquifers along the perimeter of the lake are receding along with it. As this fresh water diffuses into salt deposits beneath the surface of the shoreline, the water slowly dissolves the deposits until the earth above collapses without warning.

A photo I took years ago the sea touched the building, but now??

Just some idea what it is like there

leaving early morning our camp ,its winter


The area surrounding the Dead Sea averages a high of 38 degrees C (103 degrees F) in summer and 20 degrees C (68 degrees F) in winter. Water temperatures in the winter tend to be higher than temperatures on land, due to the large mass of the sea. In the summer, they tend to be cooler.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Change of topic Balan, what do you think..?

https://besacenter.org/perspectives-...ion-of-israel/

[Balanbam00]

Very difficult to say ,we must wait and see if new changes can happen.
At the present moment this morning, Natanyahu 'Bibi' has been chosen to form a Government. President Rivlin says he feels none of the candidates has chance of forming a viable coalition, but as he is obliged by law to choose a candidate, he has chosen to task PM with building next government despite concerns over his ongoing corruption trial. The 'Yesh Atid' (there is a future) party leader 'Yair Lapid' has said, "He had no choice, but imposing the mandate on Netanyahu is a shameful disgrace".
What looked at first to be the 'King maker', is the Arab party (Ra'am), But Natanyahu has some very young right wing hawks next to him, so how can they form a government by adding the Arab party 'extreme left v's extreme right'?? But we know what politics are, a very dirty playing field, all looking for that 'self interest.

What Dr. Mordechai Kedar, rightly says is,'' Worst of all, everyone—from both right and left—is eager to be aided by the Islamic Movement, the ideology of which centers on the elimination of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. The organization does not even try to conceal this aspiration.'' So months from now do we have to vote again ,and its the 5th time!

Meanwhile the religious Haredi party debated whether to support PM Netanyahu unconditionally - or not ? The Ashkenazic-haredi United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party leader MK Moshe Gafni intended to tell Israeli President Rivlin that he will not rule out other candidates if Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fails to form a coalition. In short whoever gives us the money! (we serve).

What good is political voting? If the whole country has to vote ,or half have no idea of any socio-economic consciousness ,what good is it ? That will lead us to vote economically sooner or later.

[Balanbam00]

Bye the way here is some info on;
The Brotherhood’s Policy on Sinai and Israel
According to the Brotherhood, Sinai is Egyptian and Islamic territory upon which the country has not yet exercised its full sovereignty. It believes that the region must be “freed” from international agreements and treaties, specifically the peace deal with Israel that declares Sinai a demilitarized zone. Development of Sinai was a major issue on the Brotherhood political platform during the elections, on a much greater scale than the development of other needy areas in Egypt. The Brotherhood demands that the government develop Sinai in all aspects, including building civilian infrastructure, creating industry, and strengthening its internal and military security. The organization recognizes the importance of securing Egypt’s border with Israel and wants to see more troops deployed to the region. In essence, its desire to develop Sinai is only in the context of its conflict with Israel.

The Brotherhood defines Israel as an enemy state and does not officially recognize it. “Palestine” is viewed as holy Islamic land, and Hamas, a Brotherhood-affiliated organization, is seen as the spearhead in the battle to liberate the land and Jerusalem. The Brotherhood acknowledges that this battle must be fought gradually and that it must be patient and careful in trying to achieve this goal.

In recent months, Brotherhood Supreme Leader Mohammed Badie referred to Israelis as “rapists” and called on Muslims to liberate Jerusalem through jihad. He defined Palestine and Jerusalem as holy Muslim land and said that any means used to liberate those lands are acceptable. He did permit Jews to live as minority citizens in any other country, as long as they do not have their own state. On November 22, 2012, the day after Morsi brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Badie again declared that jihad was “obligatory” for all Muslims and said that Israel “knows nothing but the language of force.”

Conclusion
In addition to the Brotherhood’s control of the regime, it has influenced the Egyptian street to think that Israel is no longer a stabilizing factor in the region. The Brotherhood has convinced the Egyptian public that a treaty with Israel harms Egyptian national security and threatens internal Egyptian stability. This thought process goes against the spirit of the peace treaty signed between the two nations.

The Brotherhood recognizes Israel’s military and technological advantage and doesn’t want to start a war. In its move to take over Egypt, the Brotherhood has acted with near-precision and has until recently made almost no mistakes. Regarding foreign policy and security, however, it has no experience. Therefore the possibility of a security threat emanating from Egypt in the near future cannot be dismissed.

America has an interest to financially assist Egypt as an actor that is still considered moderate in the Middle East and is officially registered as a democracy. Perhaps it should look more closely at the Brotherhood’s true intentions before providing future aid.